Ulvophyceae

Ulvophyceae; Temporal range:Mid Ordovician – Recent(?) PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	diversity of Ulvophyceae
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Archaeplastida
(unranked):	Viridiplantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Ulvophyceae; Stewart & Mattox, 1978
Orders
	Bryopsidales; Chlorocystidales; Cladophorales; Dasycladales; Ignatiales; Oltmannsiellopsidales; Receptaculitales; Scotinosphaerales; Sykidiales; Trentepohliales; Ulotrichales; Ulvales;

TheUlvophyceaeorulvophytesare a class ofgreen algae,^[4]distinguished mainly on the basis ofultrastructural morphology,life cycleandmolecular phylogeneticdata.^[5]Thesea lettuce,Ulva,belongs here. Other well-known members includeCaulerpa,Codium,Acetabularia,Cladophora,TrentepohliaandMonostroma.

The Ulvophytes are diverse in theirmorphologyand theirhabitat.Most areseaweedssuch as those listed above. Others, such asRhizoclonium,Pithophoraand some species ofCladophoralive in fresh water^[6]and in some areas are consideredweeds.^[7]

Evolution

The origin and early diversification of the Ulvophyceae likely took place in the lateNeoproterozoic,^[8]^[9]though may have taken place earlier, in the Mesoproterozoic.^[10]Although most contemporary ulvophytes are marine macroalgae (seaweeds),ancestralulvophytes may have been freshwater, unicellular green algae. Molecular phylogenetic evidence suggests that macroscopic growth was achieved independently in the various major lineages of Ulvophyceae (Ulvales-Ulotrichales,Trentepohliales,Cladophorales,BryopsidalesandDasycladales).^[9]Fossils are rare but there are some good candidates in a mid-Ordovicianlagerstatten.^[1]

Current hypothesis on relationships among the main clades of Ulvophyceae^[11]^[12]are shown below.

Cladophorales

Blastophysa

	Dasycladales

	Bryopsidales

Trentepohliales

Ignatiusclade

	Ulvales

	Phaeophila,Bolbocoleon

Ulotrichales

Desmochloris,Halochlorococcum

Scotinosphaerales

Oltmannsiellopsidales

References

^^a ^bNowak H, Harvey TH, Liu HP, McKay RM, Zippi PA, Campbell DH, et al. (2017)."Filamentous eukaryotic algae with a possible cladophoralean affinity from the Middle Ordovician Winneshiek Lagerstätte in Iowa, USA".Geobios.50(4): 303–309.Bibcode:2017Geobi..50..303N.doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2017.06.005.hdl:2381/40483.
^Stewart KD, Mattox KR (April 1978). "Structural evolution in the flagellated cells of green algae and land plants".Bio Systems.10(1–2): 145–152.doi:10.1016/0303-2647(78)90036-9.PMID 656563.
^Adl SM, Simpson AG, Farmer MA, Andersen RA, Anderson OR, Barta JR, et al. (2005)."The new higher level classification of eukaryotes with emphasis on the taxonomy of protists".The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.52(5): 399–451.doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.00053.x.PMID 16248873.
^^a ^bGuiry MD, Guiry GM (2007)."Class: Ulvophyceae taxonomy browser".AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.Retrieved2023-06-17.
^Graham LE, Graham JM, Wilcox LW (2009).Algae(2nd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Benjamin Cummings (Pearson).
^O'Kelly CJ (2007). "The Origin and Early Evolution of Green Plants".Evolution of Primary Producers in the Sea.Academic Press. p. 297.doi:10.1016/B978-012370518-1/50014-X.ISBN 9780123705181.
^"Terms for Weeds Your Lake Bottom Blanket Prevents".Lakemat.2 November 2019. Archived fromthe originalon 26 September 2020.
^Verbruggen H, Ashworth M, LoDuca ST, Vlaeminck C, Cocquyt E, Sauvage T, et al. (March 2009). "A multi-locus time-calibrated phylogeny of the siphonous green algae".Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.50(3): 642–653.doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.12.018.PMID 19141323.
^^a ^bCocquyt E, Verbruggen H, Leliaert F, De Clerck O (September 2010)."Evolution and cytological diversification of the green seaweeds (Ulvophyceae)".Molecular Biology and Evolution.27(9): 2052–2061.doi:10.1093/molbev/msq091.PMID 20368268.
^Hou Z, Ma X, Shi X, Li X, Yang L, Xiao S, et al. (March 2022)."Phylotranscriptomic insights into a Mesoproterozoic-Neoproterozoic origin and early radiation of green seaweeds (Ulvophyceae)".Nature Communications.13(1): 1610.doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29282-9.PMC8941102.PMID 35318329.
^Leliaert F, Smith DR, Moreau H, Herron MD, Verbruggen H, Delwiche CF, et al. (2012)."Phylogeny and molecular evolution of the green algae"(PDF).Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences.31:1–46.doi:10.1080/07352689.2011.615705.S2CID 17603352.
^Škaloud P, Kalina T, Nemjová K, De Clerck O, Leliaert F (February 2013). "Morphology and Phylogenetic Position of the Freshwater Green Microalgae Chlorochytrium (Chlorophyceae) and Scotinosphaera (Scotinosphaerales, ord. nov., Ulvophyceae)".Journal of Phycology.49(1): 115–129.doi:10.1111/jpy.12021.PMID 27008394.S2CID 7359581.

[auto-1] Nowak H, Harvey TH, Liu HP, McKay RM, Zippi PA, Campbell DH, et al. (2017)."Filamentous eukaryotic algae with a possible cladophoralean affinity from the Middle Ordovician Winneshiek Lagerstätte in Iowa, USA".Geobios.50(4): 303–309.Bibcode:2017Geobi..50..303N.doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2017.06.005.hdl:2381/40483.

[2] Stewart KD, Mattox KR (April 1978). "Structural evolution in the flagellated cells of green algae and land plants".Bio Systems.10(1–2): 145–152.doi:10.1016/0303-2647(78)90036-9.PMID 656563.

[3] Adl SM, Simpson AG, Farmer MA, Andersen RA, Anderson OR, Barta JR, et al. (2005)."The new higher level classification of eukaryotes with emphasis on the taxonomy of protists".The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.52(5): 399–451.doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.00053.x.PMID 16248873.

[Algaebase-4] Guiry MD, Guiry GM (2007)."Class: Ulvophyceae taxonomy browser".AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.Retrieved2023-06-17.

[Graham-5] Graham LE, Graham JM, Wilcox LW (2009).Algae(2nd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Benjamin Cummings (Pearson).

[6] O'Kelly CJ (2007). "The Origin and Early Evolution of Green Plants".Evolution of Primary Producers in the Sea.Academic Press. p. 297.doi:10.1016/B978-012370518-1/50014-X.ISBN 9780123705181.

[7] "Terms for Weeds Your Lake Bottom Blanket Prevents".Lakemat.2 November 2019. Archived fromthe originalon 26 September 2020.

[VerbruggenAshworth2009-8] Verbruggen H, Ashworth M, LoDuca ST, Vlaeminck C, Cocquyt E, Sauvage T, et al. (March 2009). "A multi-locus time-calibrated phylogeny of the siphonous green algae".Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.50(3): 642–653.doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.12.018.PMID 19141323.

[CocquytVerbruggen2010-9] Cocquyt E, Verbruggen H, Leliaert F, De Clerck O (September 2010)."Evolution and cytological diversification of the green seaweeds (Ulvophyceae)".Molecular Biology and Evolution.27(9): 2052–2061.doi:10.1093/molbev/msq091.PMID 20368268.

[10] Hou Z, Ma X, Shi X, Li X, Yang L, Xiao S, et al. (March 2022)."Phylotranscriptomic insights into a Mesoproterozoic-Neoproterozoic origin and early radiation of green seaweeds (Ulvophyceae)".Nature Communications.13(1): 1610.doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29282-9.PMC8941102.PMID 35318329.

[leliaert-11] Leliaert F, Smith DR, Moreau H, Herron MD, Verbruggen H, Delwiche CF, et al. (2012)."Phylogeny and molecular evolution of the green algae"(PDF).Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences.31:1–46.doi:10.1080/07352689.2011.615705.S2CID 17603352.

[ŠkaloudKalina2013-12] Škaloud P, Kalina T, Nemjová K, De Clerck O, Leliaert F (February 2013). "Morphology and Phylogenetic Position of the Freshwater Green Microalgae Chlorochytrium (Chlorophyceae) and Scotinosphaera (Scotinosphaerales, ord. nov., Ulvophyceae)".Journal of Phycology.49(1): 115–129.doi:10.1111/jpy.12021.PMID 27008394.S2CID 7359581.

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